Software Engineer II

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Software Engineer II

Individual ContributorHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

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Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $85,500.00 - $128,300.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

As a Software Engineer II you will apply your knowledge of modern software design, best practices, design patterns, and frameworks, with an understanding of application performance and maintainability. You will aspire to use new technologies and challenge yourself to develop innovative solutions. You will work alongside developers and technical leads on a team where collaborative programming and mentoring is regularly practiced.
 

Your Role:

• Develop and optimize data pipelines that support downstream stakeholders such as websites, advertising, data science and data analysts.
• Implement and design custom data streaming applications using technologies like Kafka, AWS, and Scala
• Prioritize and practice the infrastructure as code principle with Terraform and AWS CDK
• Build, deploy and test using CI/CD best practices.
• Participate in the exploration and proof of concept of new technologies as they become available to the team.
• Collaborate with team members on best practices, code reviews, internal tools and process improvements.
• Evangelize new ideas within your team as well as across teams.
• Develop reports on various platforms – PowerBI, JasperSoft, Tableau, etc.
• Explore open source or industry standard solutions that could be a fit for the organization.
• Being a passionate and flexible engineer, collaborate with your team to achieve and exceed the goal to build, deploy, monitor, and support a highly performing and highly available production system.
• Live by Agile (particularly Scrum) principles and collaborate with team members using Agile techniques including test driven development, code reviews, and retrospectives.
   

Technologies We Use:

• Development languages: Java, .NET, react.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
• AWS cloud-native architectures in multiple regions
• DevOps Tools: Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes
• Database: Oracle, Postgres, RedShift, Snowflake
• Monitoring and Alerting: New Relic and PagerDuty
   

What We Look For:

• Ability to work within a dynamic team committed to excellence.
• Commitment to working in an Agile environment and upholding its principles.
• Solid listening skills, ability to be flexible and open minded to all ideas.
• Team contributor and actively engaged in team discussion and problem solving.
• Experience in realizing applications from conception and design to implementation and support.
• Develop reports on various platforms – PowerBI, JasperSoft, Tableau, etc.
• Coding within multiple technology stacks (e.g., Front-end: browser and device typically using common client-side technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript; Back-end: server, application, database using languages like Java, C#, .NET react.js, Python, Ruby)
   

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience in a related field
   
• 2 years of experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, frontend or backend development of client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems
   
• Professional full stack development experience with Java, AWS, .NET, react.js, Shell script, TypeScript, Python, DevOps tools, SQL, CI/CD pipeline and API creation

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.